The site plan or construction documents for any development
subject to the requirements of these regulations shall be drawn to
scale and shall include, as applicable to the proposed development:
A. Delineation
of flood hazard areas; floodway boundaries and flood zone(s); base
flood elevation(s); ground elevations; proposed filling, grading,
and excavation; and drainage patterns and facilities when necessary
for review of the proposed development.
B. Where base flood elevations or floodway data are not included on the FIRM or in the Flood Insurance Study, they shall be established in accordance with Section
16.50.420 or
16.50.430 of these regulations.
C. Where the parcel on which the proposed development will take place will have more than fifty lots or is larger than five acres and base flood elevations are not included on the FIRM or in the Flood Insurance Study, such elevations shall be established in accordance with Section
16.50.420(B) of these regulations.
D. Location
of the proposed activity and proposed structures; locations of water
supply, sanitary sewer, and other utilities; and locations of existing
buildings and structures.
E. Location,
extent, amount, and proposed final grades of any filling, grading,
or excavation.
F. Where
the placement of fill is proposed, the amount, type, and source of
fill material; compaction specifications; a description of the intended
purpose of the fill areas; and evidence that the proposed fill areas
are the minimum necessary to achieve the intended purpose.
G. Existing
and proposed alignment of any proposed alteration of a watercourse.
(Ord. CS 1301 §2, 2021)
Where flood hazard areas are delineated on the FIRM and base
flood elevation data have not been provided, the Floodplain Administrator
is authorized to:
A. Require
the applicant to include base flood elevation data prepared by a qualified
professional engineer in accordance with currently accepted engineering
practices. Such analyses shall be performed and sealed by a qualified
professional engineer. Studies, analyses and computations shall be
submitted in sufficient detail to allow review and approval by the
Floodplain Administrator. The accuracy of data submitted for such
determination shall be the responsibility of the applicant.
B. Obtain,
review, and provide to applicants base flood elevation and floodway
data available from a federal or state agency or other source or require
the applicant to obtain and use base flood elevation and floodway
data available from a Federal or State agency or other source.
C. Where
base flood elevation and floodway data are not available from another
source, where the available data are deemed by the Floodplain Administrator
to not reasonably reflect flooding conditions, or where the available
data are known to be scientifically or technically incorrect or otherwise
inadequate:
1. Require the applicant to include base flood elevation data in accordance with subsection
A of this section; or
2. Specify
that the base flood elevation is two feet above the highest adjacent
grade at the location of the development, provided there is no evidence
indicating flood depths have been or may be greater than two feet.
D. Where
the base flood elevation data are to be used to support a request
for a Letter of Map Change from FEMA, advise the applicant that the
analyses shall be prepared by a qualified professional engineer in
a format required by FEMA, and that it shall be the responsibility
of the applicant to satisfy the submittal requirements and pay the
processing fees.
(Ord. CS 1301 §2, 2021)
As applicable to the location and nature of the proposed development
activity, and in addition to the requirements of these regulations,
the applicant shall have the following analyses signed and sealed
by a qualified professional engineer for submission with the site
plan and construction documents:
A. For development activities proposed to be located in a floodway, a floodway encroachment analysis that demonstrates that the encroachment of the proposed development will not cause any increase in base flood elevations; where the applicant proposes to undertake development activities that do increase base flood elevations, the applicant shall submit such analysis to FEMA as specified in Section
16.50.440 of these regulations and shall submit the Conditional Letter of Map Revision, when issued by FEMA, with the site plan and construction documents.
B. For
development activities proposed to be located in a riverine flood
hazard area where base flood elevations are included in the Flood
Insurance Study or on the FIRM but floodways have not been designated,
hydrologic and hydraulic analyses that demonstrate that the cumulative
effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing
and anticipated flood hazard area encroachments, will not increase
the base flood elevation more than one foot at any point within the
community. This requirement does not apply in isolated flood hazard
areas not connected to a riverine flood hazard area or in flood hazard
areas identified as Zone AO or Zone AH.
C. For alteration of a watercourse, an engineering analysis prepared in accordance with standard engineering practices that demonstrates the flood-carrying capacity of the altered or relocated portion of the watercourse will not be decreased, and certification that the altered watercourse shall be maintained in a manner which preserves the channel's flood-carrying capacity. The applicant shall submit the analysis to FEMA as specified in Section
16.50.440 of these regulations. The applicant shall notify the chief executive officer of adjacent communities and the California Department of Water Resources. The Floodplain Administrator shall maintain a copy of the notification in the permit records and shall submit a copy to FEMA.
(Ord. CS 1301 §2, 2021)
When additional hydrologic, hydraulic or other engineering data,
studies, and additional analyses are submitted to support an application,
the applicant has the right to seek a Letter of Map Change from FEMA
to change the base flood elevations, change floodway boundaries, or
change boundaries of flood hazard areas shown on FIRMs, and to submit
such data to FEMA for such purposes. The analyses shall be prepared
by a qualified registered professional engineer in a format required
by FEMA. Submittal requirements and processing fees shall be the responsibility
of the applicant. Provided FEMA issues a Conditional Letter of Map
Revision, construction of proposed flood control projects and land
preparation for development are permitted, including clearing, excavation,
grading, and filling. Permits for construction of buildings shall
not be issued until the applicant satisfies the FEMA requirements
for issuance of a Letter of Map Revision.
(Ord. CS 1301 §2, 2021)